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Showman Inspirational Quotes (106)

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I risked much, but I made much.
P. T. Barnum
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The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man, Sitting Bull, whose life will some day be written by a historian who can really give him his due.
Buffalo Bill
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Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
P. T. Barnum
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The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
Buffalo Bill
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The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.
P. T. Barnum
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Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising, all the money he has already spent is lost.
P. T. Barnum
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Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.
P. T. Barnum
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Well, Bill [Bill Hickok] was a pretty good shot. But he could not shoot as quick as half a dozen men we all knew in those days, nor as straight either. But Bill was cool, and the men who he went up against were rattled, I guess. Bill beat them to it. He made up his mind to kill the other man before the other man had finished thinking.
Buffalo Bill
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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
Buffalo Bill
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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
Buffalo Bill
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But the love of adventure was in father's blood.
Buffalo Bill
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The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state.
Buffalo Bill
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I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
Buffalo Bill
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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.
P. T. Barnum
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Theres no drama like wrestling.
Andy Kaufman
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Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs.
P. T. Barnum
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After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.
Buffalo Bill
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There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: He may do so once in his life but so far as mere luck is concerned, he is as liable to lose it as to find it.
P. T. Barnum
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The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.
P. T. Barnum
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Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.
Buffalo Bill
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The orthodox faith painted God as a revengeful being, and yet people talk about loving such a being.
P. T. Barnum
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The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.
Buffalo Bill
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The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment - for a price.
P. T. Barnum
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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
Buffalo Bill
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